We can provide the percentages broken down by different groups. I would advise against thinking about this in terms of ‘what would the results be if weighted to match non-actual equal demographics’ though: (i) if the demographics were different (equal) then presumably concern about demographics would be different [fewer people would be worried about demographic diversity if we had perfect demographic diversity], and (ii) if the demographics were different (equal) then the composition of the different demographic groups within the community would likely be different [if we had a large increase in the proportion of women / decrease in the proportion of men, the people making up those groups would plausibly differ from the current groups].
That said, people identified as a woman or anything other than a man, were more likely to mention JEID as at last of somewhat importance, and they were also more likely to mention cause prioritization and excessive focus on AI/x-risk/longtermism as a concern. Conversely, men were more likely to refer to scandals, leadership and epistemics.
I would be even more cautious about interpreting the differences based on race due to the low sample size (the total number would be much larger in the full EA Survey), and the fact that the composition of non-white respondents as a group differs from what you would see in a ‘perfectly equal demographics’ scenario (i.e. more Asian, unequal representation across countries).
Thanks Ulrik!
We can provide the percentages broken down by different groups. I would advise against thinking about this in terms of ‘what would the results be if weighted to match non-actual equal demographics’ though: (i) if the demographics were different (equal) then presumably concern about demographics would be different [fewer people would be worried about demographic diversity if we had perfect demographic diversity], and (ii) if the demographics were different (equal) then the composition of the different demographic groups within the community would likely be different [if we had a large increase in the proportion of women / decrease in the proportion of men, the people making up those groups would plausibly differ from the current groups].
That said, people identified as a woman or anything other than a man, were more likely to mention JEID as at last of somewhat importance, and they were also more likely to mention cause prioritization and excessive focus on AI/x-risk/longtermism as a concern. Conversely, men were more likely to refer to scandals, leadership and epistemics.
I would be even more cautious about interpreting the differences based on race due to the low sample size (the total number would be much larger in the full EA Survey), and the fact that the composition of non-white respondents as a group differs from what you would see in a ‘perfectly equal demographics’ scenario (i.e. more Asian, unequal representation across countries).